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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • Portrait of Nathan Hirsch Bechhofer Bechmann

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : oil on canvas ; 11" x 9.5", 28 cm x 24 cm, + frame (15.5" x 14")

  • Date

    mid 19th century

  • Notes

    Name of sitter is written in pencil on the back of the canvas stretcher bar, along with other notes about family genealogy .

  • Summary

    Portrait shows a middle aged man wearing a black fez-like hat, dark suit, and white ascot. The man has white curly hair which peeks out from under his hat. The painting is in an ornate gold frame with floral decorations.

  • Depicted

    Bechmann, Nathan Hirsch Bechhofer

  • Subject

    Men, Portraits

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Oil paintings

  • Part Of

    Rahn Family Collection, AR 25538

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Nathan Hirsch Bechhofer Bechmann (1780-1859) lived in Fuerth, Germany. His parents were Nachman Loeb Bechhofen-Berg (1740-1828) and Hanna Sulsberg (1744-1836). Nathan married Esther Neustettel-Neuhaus Bechmann (1780-1859) and had eight children.

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Citation

Unknown Artist: Portrait of Nathan Hirsch Bechhofer Bechmann, Leo Baeck Institute, 2023.04.